Alfred Tennyson And His Work
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Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby,
Lincolnshire, fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson.
Tennyson, said to be the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will
be discussed in this essay.
Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, because sever ....
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.... at Cambridge. In 1829 The Apostles, an
undergraduate club, invited him to join. The members of this group would
remain Tennyson's friends all his life.
Arthur Hallam was the most important of these friendships. Hallam,
a brilliant Victorian young man was recognized by his peers as having
unusual promise. He and Tennyson knew each other only four years, but
their intense friendship had a major influence on the poet. On a visit to
Somersby, Hallam met and later became engaged to Emily Tenny ....
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